(by Steve Hopkins) As the world continues to understand the devastation following the Kahramanmaras earthquake along the Turkish and Syrian border, relief groups are now mobilizing to look forward towards caring for survivors and helping to rebuild. The ITTF Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) is one of those relief groups. In the past, the ITTF’s […]
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Euro Champions League: Neu Ulm and Saarbrucken Win Opening Semifinal Matches
(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) Neu Ulm’s loaded team of Harimoto, Moregardh, and Ovtcharov narrowly escaped their home match against Borussia Dusseldorf today 3-2. Harimoto gave Neu Ulm the early lead with a 3-1 win over Dang Qiu. Anton Kallberg then toppled Ovtcharov 3-0 to even the match score. Moregardh narrowly defeated Timo Boll 3-2, […]
Play Games When Practicing Serves
(by Larry Hodges) Developing good serves involves watching players with good serves, getting good coaching, and lots and lots of practice. But sometimes, after all that practice, it’s hard to execute the serves in a game as you do in practice. There’s a simple reason for that – pressure. There’s no pressure when practicing serves, […]
USATT Names Fort Worth as 2023 Nationals Host
(by Steve Hopkins) USATT announced this week that Fort Worth, Texas has been awarded the this year’s US Nationals. The 2023 US National Championships will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Texas has been host to a number of high-profile events in recent year. In 2022 Fort Worth hosted this same event (2022 […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Broward Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) The Broward Table Tennis Club offers regular tournaments, camps, and coaching opportunities. They have been a host of an ITTF World Veterans Tour event and just a few months ago hosted a WTT Feeder Event. There are regular clinics on Tuesdays and Saturdays, courses for kids on Friday and Sunday, and a […]
Blocking Spinny Loops
(by Larry Hodges) You push the ball long, and the opponent does a slow but spinny loop. And you block it off, over and over, and can only stare at your racket in frustration. This is often the bane of every beginning and intermediate player. They know they have to aim lower, and yet, the […]
Dusseldorf Stays One Up on Surging Saarbrucken in TTBL
(by Steve Hopkins) Borussia Dusseldorf is hanging on to the top spot in the German League. Their league best record is 13-3, but with two losses in as many weeks they are losing ground to FC Saarbrucken (who are now 12-4). Ochsenhausen has fallen a position and is now two wins off the pace at […]
Harimoto Clan: Interview with Parents of Miwa and Tomokazu
(by Steve Hopkins) A news item today in Germany noted that editorial teams of tischtennis and myTischtennis have been cooperating with Chinese magazine Table Tennis World (乒乓世界). The interview with the parents of Japanese superstars Miwa and Tomokazu appears in the February issue of tischtennis as well as in the current issue of Table Tennis […]
Another Week, Another Sweep: China Dominates WTT Feeder Amman
(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) A week ago, there was a Chinese sweep in Doha. This week, the venue has moved across the Arabian Peninsula to Amman – but leaderboard looks very much the same as a week ago. Young Chinese players again to logged wins in every event at the WTT Feeder Amman. The […]
Don’t Fix a Problem You’ve Already Fixed
(by Larry Hodges) You’ve spent a lot of time working on a shot, and it’s now somewhat ingrained. Suppose, in a match, you make this shot several times . . . and then miss an easy one!!! The shot didn’t feel right. A common response would be to try to adjust the shot so you […]
Most Competitive Matches Are Won or Lost on Two Things
June 9, 2025
(By Larry Hodges) Between players of roughly equal levels, matches are almost always won or lost on one… Read More
Contact the Ball Closer to the Net
June 9, 2025
1 Backhand drop shot from short Backhand to short wide Backhand and 1 Forehand drop shot from short… Read More
MLTT Featured Team: Princeton Revolution
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) The Princeton Revolution are hoping to fire a shot that will be heard around the… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Bob Chen Table Tennis
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) Bob Chen Table Tennis was founded in 2017 by Bob Chen. The goal of the center… Read More
All Surprises in Kosovo at WTT Feeder Prishtina
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Top seed Simon Gauzy was upset early in the WTT Feeder Series event… Read More
Kanak Jha Among Elite Players in India’s UTT League
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo UTT) India’s Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league is in its sixth season. This year… Read More
Drop Shot!
June 6, 2025
Backhand drop shot from short Backhand to short wide Backhand Fethomania Session 4 / Drill 4 https://youtube.com/shorts/OU_utl5rEUs All… Read More
Road To The World Cup: United By Excellence And Commitment Butterfly
June 4, 2025
(by: Edgardo Vázquez /Puerto Rico National Coach) We completed a high-level training camp in Spain as part of… Read More
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